5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HINDS

HINDS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hind

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How HINDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HINDS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,749 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__D_ H in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER PARTE ROATE CRATE DROLE CARTE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HINDS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,749 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HINDS ranks #2,749 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

613
267
147
142
118
117
81
76
69
62
56
55
49
36
36
29
28
24
24
22
22
21
18
13
12
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HINDS:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
11% chance
Suggested:
PARTE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

26.0% →
ALTER 6.16 bits
11.3% →
PARTE 5.82 bits
6.2% →
ROATE 5.34 bits
6.0% →
CRATE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
DROLE 5.46 bits
5.0% →
CARTE 5.62 bits
3.4% →
GRATE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
SLATE 4.82 bits
2.9% →
PALET 4.63 bits
2.6% →
STILE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for HINDS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

H4I1N1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.